The Tibetan pontiff who already has Facebook and MySpace accounts has joined Twitter, the microblogging service
His alias on Twitter is @OHHDL, which stands for 'The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama,' sent out a welcome note on Saturday.
The OHHDL handles all media pertaining to the Tibetan spiritual leader. A tweet posted on his page reads 'His Holiness thought it was prudent make his office open and assesable to a more youth and technologically advancing audience.'
In just 2 days the twitter account already has about 17000 followers.
Image: Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama stoops for a closer look at a laptop to launch the website of Kiran Bedi (R), India's first woman police officer.
Photograph: Reuters